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Dren
cinegeek.de - wrote on 05/26/2016
Hier kommt ein halbwegs seriöser Science Film über ein Paar, das menschliche DNA in ein Cloning Experiment fügt und ein unerwartetes Ergebnis / Kind / Monster (nenn es wie du willst) erschafft. Das Drehbuch scheint sich wirklich für seine Materie zu interessieren und entwickelt seine Geschichte psychologisch nachvollziehbar. Dann aber wird umgeschaltet auf Autopilot und das Finale ergeht sich in einer der Verfolgungsjagden, die uns immer und immer wieder geboten werden. Clive und Elsa (Adrien Brody und Sarah Polley) sind Forscherkollegen und darüber hinaus ein Liebespaar. Sie kreieren einen Hybrid für medizinische Zwecke, werden aber in ihrem Pioniergeist von der Firma gestoppt. Aus ethnischen Gründen. Elsa rebelliert und fügt etwas eigene DNA dazu. Ein Geschöpf entsteht, das …
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"Splice" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/02/2013
A pair of genetic biologists succeed in splicing the DNA of various creatures with that of a human being and the resulting life form begins to take over their lives as they try to hide their secret experiment. Splice is very much in the old “mad scientists play God and reap the consequences” school of horror stories, giving the Frankenstein formula a modern sci-fi spin. In fact the story interestingly stays away from the man makes monster idea for the early stages, preferring David Cronenberg style psychological horror, particularly during the rather disturbing Mommie Dearest sequence and when the bizarre sexual ambiguity of their creation becomes apparent. Disappointingly it soon settles back into the usual creature feature for an overly predictable finale which is a shame because …
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Splice (2010)
MovieAddict - wrote on 01/19/2012
The two lead characters, supposedly brilliant scientists Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) take their DNA tampering to the next level by mixing human and animal DNA with disastrous results, as you might expect. The resulting creature Dren (Delphine Chaneac) evolves at an alarming rate into a chrome-domed woman with wings, gills and a very nasty sting at the end of her tail that sprouts out when she gets angry.
After being moved from her laboratory birthplace to the derelict farmhouse of Elsa's childhood, Dren ups the stakes with increasingly unpredictable and dangerous behavior, signaling that things might not end too well. Splice isn't exactly a monster movie, nor is it exactly a horror move but I found myself feeling slightly squeamish midway through some of the scenes, …
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2/4
Doesn't quite no what direction to go in
mrschu47912 - wrote on 10/26/2010
It’s unfortunate that Splice is not going to be one of my favorite movies of the year, because honestly, it easily could have been. It could have been but it will not because of some major problems.
The film is about a couple genetic engineers who splice Animal DNA with Humane DNA. Out of this experiment comes Dren. This character, or creature, is where the movie could have succeeded, but instead went in the opposite direction. We are meant to care for dren, to feel sympathy for her. At moments we do. However, this is when we think of her as more of a pet. As far as caring for her like a human, e can never have a true emotional connection with her, as well as care for all the circumstances surrounding the situation. This is because visuals take over. As interesting as the design …
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Splice Up Your Life
Chris Kavan - wrote on 06/06/2010
Splice is a big jumble of genres: horror, sci-fi, drama, dark comedy - it owes a lot of Frankenstein - and those "horror of pregnancy" scare fims they used to show in schools.
Genetic engineers Clive and Elsa are rock stars after getting "Fred and Ginger" - amorphous blob-creatures to create a protein that will make their pharmaceutical company very rich. When they mention they would like to take things to the next level, by introducing human genes, they are shut down.
Of course they defy orders and create their own human hybrid creation - Dren starts off as a kind of bird / scorpion / female and slowly is revealed to have gills and wings and other surprises in store for the unsuspecting parents. Clive and Elsa at first keep it in an unused room at the lab before moving it to …
